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WARWICK SHOWCASE
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON * * * (Live-action Fantasy)
If you have seen the animated version of this fine family fantasy, you will quickly recognize …
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By Don Fowler
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6/18/25
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As I age, I gain more knowledge and experience and continue to discover new things that tickle me. (My mother used to say something “tickled her” when she liked it, so I’m borrowing …
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6/18/25
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James Sutton, 61, lived alone in a small shack between the woods of Lincoln Park and the shore of the Pawtuxet River. Sutton was a real estate broker known for being a loner. He saved his riches by …
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6/18/25
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O’Rourke’s Bar and Grill sits along the Pawtuxet River bridge on the Warwick side of the historic village, attracting the locals to their favorite watering hole.
On a warm spring …
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Restaurant Review by DON FOWLER
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6/18/25
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Todd Rundgren has amassed an incredible music resume since the 1970s.
As a producer, he’s been involved in numerous acclaimed albums including The New York Dolls’ influential …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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6/18/25
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Warwick resident Katie Frazier’s Little Library endeavors are evidence that it really is the little things in life that make you happy.
Growing up with a grandmother who read every day of …
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By ALYSSA WALKER, Beacon Media Contributor
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6/18/25
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We have been big fans of Warwick-based Music on the Hill (MOTH) for many years now, enjoying the two-week-long festival of concerts at churches and sites in East Greenwich, Cranston and Warwick as …
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By DON FOWLER
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6/11/25
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A common thing I hear from people when talking with them about their cats is, “my cat doesn’t want to play.” I get it. Sometimes it seems that way. Working in an animal shelter for …
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By CATHY SIMONINI
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6/11/25
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Tickets are now on sale for the wildest party of the year – Roger Williams Park Zoo’s 33rd annual fundraising bash, “Zoobilee! Party With a Purpose,” presented by …
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6/11/25
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20 Years Ago
Gamm Theatre’s “The Beard of Avon” was a “bawdy good time.” Directed by Tony Estrella, it starred Steve Kidd as Shakespeare and Casey Seymore as his …
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By DON FOWLER
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6/11/25
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Pearl Cleage’s 1930’s social drama hits the right notes at Trinity Rep.
Directed by Jackie Davis and acted by five outstanding actors, the story takes place during the Harlem …
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Theatre Review by DON FOWLER
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6/11/25
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Many years ago, I was driving my mini-van full of children, my own two and a few extra foster blessings, on our way to Roger Williams Zoo. It was supposed to be a fun day of lions, monkeys, and …
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6/11/25
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Treasures Inside the Museum is back for its sixth season, continuing the journey into the hidden backrooms of some of New England’s cherished museums and historic sites. The Boston/New England …
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6/11/25
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The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) announces four additional performances of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches. Directed by Brian McEleney, this …
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6/11/25
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At Highland Memorial Park Cemetery in Johnston, the members of Rhode Island’s most musical family lay at rest. The Zackarians – better known as ‘the Zacks’ – took …
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6/11/25
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Rhode Island Music Hall of Famer and rock legend Mark Cutler, Cranston native, is always up to something. He’s usually playing around the area with his band the Men of Great Courage at various …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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6/11/25
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WARWICK SHOWCASE
BALLERINA * * * (Action-Packed Violence)
This is not about the Bolshoi Ballet, folks! It is about a sweet young girl who watches her father be murdered, is …
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6/11/25
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The best moments in a show are when there is a collaboration between the performer and the audience. A call-and-response moves to a whole new level when hundreds of people are taking part in it, and …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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6/11/25
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In Sally Miller Gearhart’s 1978 novel The Wanderground, a group of psychic women known as the Hill Women live their lives completely free of men, communicating with plants and animals and …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
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6/11/25
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Producer Bill Hanney brings “Always…Patsy Cline” back to the Theatre By The Sea after 22 years, and it is still as entertaining as ever.
The two-character musical tribute to …
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Theatre Review by DON FOWLER
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6/4/25
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